Maria Henson ('82), Author at Wake Forest Magazine

Maria Henson ('82)

Maria Henson (’82), a Pulitzer Prize winner and a 1994 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, worked at newspapers until 2009. After living in Botswana, she returned to the Reynolda Campus to oversee the Wake Forest Magazine, teach and share the notable tales of Demon Deacons.

Stories by Maria Henson ('82)

Honoring a Rocky Mount Double Deac

by Maria Henson ('82)

My friend Marybeth Sutton Wallace (’86) met me for lunch last week, wanting to tell me about a loss for North Carolina and her former community. “He was a Double Deac,” she said, lamenting the death of Fred Turnage (’58, JD ’61, P ’84 and ’87). He died of pancreatic cancer at age 75 on […]

Ziggy’s: A WFU musical tradition

by Maria Henson ('82)

Any Demon Deacon who loves roots, rock and reggae knows about Ziggy’s, the famous music venue where bands touring the Southeast felt compelled to crank it up in Winston-Salem. From the start a hangout with Wake Forest alumni running the show, Ziggy’s attracted crowds to its doors just off Deacon Boulevard near BB&T Field for […]

Flying WFU colors

by Maria Henson ('82)

What do you get when you cross a Grateful Dead skull with a Demon Deacon? Tom Radulovic (’83) is armed with the answer.

Happy Bloomsday! (from a poseur)

by Maria Henson ('82)

“Ulysses”: Best book ever written or bane of readers everywhere? I decided to ask Associate Professor Scott Klein, our resident James Joyce expert, on this “nerdiest of all holidays.”

The book rang a bell

by Maria Henson ('82)

There is a bell that binds us at Wake Forest University. Call it our own brand of Campanilismo.

Reynolda House: 4,000 photos, good vibes

by Maria Henson ('82)

Here’s Barbara Babcock Millhouse’s happiest childhood memory of Reynolda estate and a conversation about her new book: “Reynolda: 1906-1924.”

Party on! A WFU grad will help

by Maria Henson ('82)

Mary Tribble (’82) is named to the Charlotte in 2012 host committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

Lubo’s Dream

by Maria Henson ('82)

Wake Foresters and a Lost Boy wage 'peace through education' for the new Sudan.

Check Out This Library

by Maria Henson ('82)

Pizza? Games? Help 24/7? Z. Smith Reynolds Library has become the place to study — and have fun.

Humanities Matter

by Maria Henson ('82)

Wake Forest strengthens its commitment to the humanities — the heart of the University experience.

Tiefenthaler’s take on Wake Forest

by Maria Henson ('82)

“Wake Forest. It really brings out the best in people,” says departing Provost Jill Tiefenthaler.

Shane Harris on the Patriot Act’s renewal

by Maria Henson ('82)

Shane Harris (’98) has written about spies and national security for a decade. He discusses the congressional decision to renew the Patriot Act on NPR’s “On the Media” this week.

Global graduation

by Maria Henson ('82)

The scene on the Quad at Commencement provided a reminder of Wake Forest’s global reach.

By whom the bells toll?

by Maria Henson ('82)

Senior Kathryn Rohrer might not be playing Coldplay on Sunday, but she will be ringing those bells for Baccalaureate.

Imagining tomorrow’s world circa 1957

by Maria Henson ('82)

In 1957 an alumni speaker outlined for seniors “the world of tomorrow” — a “world that desperately needs you.”
Seems pertinent….

Bin Laden’s death spurs WFU celebration

by Maria Henson ('82)

A spontaneous rally occurs on the Quad in light of President Obama’s announcement about Osama bin Laden.

Meredith-Leigh Pleasants’ confession

by Maria Henson ('82)

I knew I had to find the applicant who made a name for herself at the Siler City Chicken Festival.

Sassy, spunky, dressed in hot pink: Emily Giffin (’94) wows WFU

by Maria Henson ('82)

Her Campus correspondent provides the recap of alum Emily Giffin’s crowd-pleasing talk at WFU filled with comic asides, memories of rejection and a movie preview.